Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

SwiftKey is an input method for Android and iOS devices, such as smartphones and tablets. SwiftKey uses a blend of artificial intelligence technologies that enable it to predict the next word the user intends to type. SwiftKey learns from previous SMS messages and outputs predictions based on currently inputted text and what it has learned.…

Guess what? Earlier this morning, Microsoft quietly unveiled a cool new product called “Microsoft Modern Keyboard with Fingerprint ID.” This new “Modern Keyboard” product has an integrated fingerprint reader. The Modern Keyboard is designed for Windows Hello — the biometic login feature found in Windows 10. It features Bluetooth 4.0/4.1 and…

Yesterday on Thursday, Nike announced that it will cut its global workforce by 2 percent in a broad restructuring, a move seen as a reflection of the company’s somewhat weakened competitive position and a sagging retail sector. Nike is facing a very stiff competition from the likes of Adidas and Under Armour,…

Spotify is a music, podcast and video streaming service, and was officially launched on 7 October 2008. It is developed by startup Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides digital rights management-protected content from record labels and media companies. Spotify is a freemium service, meaning that basic features are free…

Job seekers around the world agree on one thing: Google’s parent company, Alphabet, seems like an awfully appealing place to work. The tech giant places first on LinkedIn’s 2017 Top Companies Global List, which highlights the 25 companies whose teams employees everywhere would most like to join. To determine this…

Nokia is a global technology leader at the heart of a connected world, hence their mission statement goes by: Connecting People. Powered by the research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, Nokia serve communications service providers, governments, large enterprises and consumers, with the industry’s most complete, end-to-end portfolio of products,…

Yesterday afternoon, after opening my Twitter app, I was rather taken-aback to check out my Twitter application on my android smartphone looking really different but in a very super-duper awesome way that I had to take out my dancing shoes, got on the floor and did a mini-dance. After beginning a…

A smart speaker is a type of wireless speaker and smart device that utilizes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other standards to extend usage beyond audio playback. Recently, Apple got into the smart speaker market with the HomePod, the company’s first entirely new product in three years. There has been a survey…

Chinese investors looking to put money into artificial intelligence could soon face greater scrutiny. US Officials worry that technologies developed in the US could be used to bolster China’s military capabilities The US government is considering limiting Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to guard technologies seen as vital to US…

Plugging things in is no fun, especially when a certain company refuses to embrace industry-standard plugs. Wireless charging is an obvious solution, which has been embraced by many Android manufacturers but has remained conspicuously absent from the iPhone. That might be about to change. Wistron is a manufacturer in India,…

Google Drive is a place you get to save all your personal stuff. Google Drive starts you with 15 GB of free Google online storage, so you can keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos – anything. The recent development is that Google is turning Drive into a much more robust…

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation. I would want to believe that it is not me alone who also share the same sentiments that lately Mozilla Firefox was really slow when opening that if were to…

The 2017 BrandZ rankings are out, and tech companies continue to dominate. Google is at the top for the second year running. In most cases, we only care about winners. Second is first loser. Third is second loser. So when this year’s BrandZ global rankings came out, I’m sure armchair…

Marissa Mayer’s time as Yahoo’s CEO is officially over, following Verizon’s announcement that it has closed its acquisition of the internet company. Mayer, who will leave with a whopping $23 million paycheck, recently published her goodbye letter on Tumblr, reflecting on the past five years with Yahoo. Here’s the full…

To be quite honest both brands are great. Nike and Adidas produce great shoes and apparel but the German brand Adidas took a giant leap to be on top. Guess it has to do with the country (people) itself from way back, remember Hitler’s ambition to conquer the entire world. Germans…

After a captivating Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference last week on Monday,  this week Apple is finding itself in a really terrible situation. Apple shares fell as much as 4 percent Monday morning, on track for a second-straight day of losses due to mounting concerns about unsustainably high stock prices. The iPhone…

Everybody say HELLO to the World’s Most Powerful Console, The Monster: Xbox One X, the next member of Microsoft’s Xbox One family. Previously known as “Project Scorpio,” it was first teased at last year’s E3, and we caught a glimpse at its powerful hardware a few months ago. The big takeaway?…

I remember a time while still in college my laptop was hit by another type of Trojan that chewed up my old Dell’s laptop drivers and from that point that laptop was never the same again, that I had no option but to sell it ASAP, so from that point,…

Many of us may be well versed with floating wind turbines, but what about floating solar panels? Most of the Earth’s surface area is covered in water, so it makes sense to utilize that area to collect energy. Offshore wind turbines are already operating in both shallow and deep seas…

The most powerful Mac was what Apple unveiled on Monday, the iMac Pro. Apple also went on to support the notion that it’s the most powerful Mac ever made because of the features that it boast of having. iMac Pro is the most powerful computer Apple has ever announced. It includes a…